Jim Dale was only given 100 pages at a time Harry Potter narrator Jim Dale says he was given only 100 pages of manuscript at a time to read and then record, so he never knew what was coming; and in order to keep track of the 146 voices he'd created, he often pre-recorded a bit of the characters' voices and then held a tape recorder up to his ear in the studio to remind himself. [more...] Source:  Wizard News Blog

Rupert Grint enjoys New Year drink with his co-star girlfriend Rupert Grint has been spotted enjoying a New Year drink with a fellow actress is he said to be dating. Grint and Kimberly Nixon, who he stars with in his new gritty flick Cherrybomb, were seen cavorting together in a London bar on New Year's Day. However, Grint has played down reports of a romance. [more...] Source:  The Daily Mail, UK

Games company denies new Harry Potter Lego game rumors TT Games this week deny rumours that the firm are working on a new Lego-based Harry Potter game, after rumours last week that a game based on the boy-wizard could emerge from the firm. A TT insider assured UK site Eurogamer.net that there will be "no Lego Harry Potter" in 2009. [more...] Source:  Play.tm

Gary Oldman marries fourth wife Gary Oldman has gotten married for the fourth time. Oldman, who played Sirius Black in Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenix, tied the knot with 31-year-old musician Alexandra Edenborough at a secret ceremony in California last week, with Oldman asking his agent Douglas Urbanski to be best man. [more...] Source:  Showbiz Spy

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Dan Radcliffe talks about kissing Ginny in Deathly Hallows In Entertainment Weekly, Dan Radcliffe talks about the kissing scene with Ginny's depicter, Bonnie Wright. "Harry's got a real thing for her, and that is slightly odd, because when we met, I was 11 and she was 9, and she was only ever Ron's little sister. But that all changed, and here we are snogging." [more...] Source:  Ace Showbiz

Emma Thompson on why she passed on Trelawney Harry Potter fans have been all over Emma Thompson because of reports suggesting that she chose Nanny McPhee over Sybil in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" when both were scheduled to be shot at the same time. "I wasn't being rude at all. I was never going to be in the next 'Harry Potter." [more...] Source:  SF Gate

Salman Rushdie says J.K. Rowling challenged young readers In a new interview in the Times of London, writer Salman Rushdie speaks about not wanting to get married or have kids again, although his latest project, however, is a children's book, and he is fascinated by the success of the Harry Potter books. "The conventional thought about children's books was to keep them short." [more...] Source:  Wizard News Blog

Friday, January 2, 2009

Could 2009 be the year of 3-D? In box-office terms, 2008 wasn't history, which is why everyone is so excited about 3-D. 2008 saw several movies released in the revived format and this year it looks set to take off. The great thing about 3-D as far as cinema owners are concerned is they can charge a premium on tickets, just as they do with Imax screens. [more...] Source:  The Guardian, UK

Actors find their way as horses in Broadway's production of Equus It's 30 minutes before the audience begins filing into the Broadhurst Theatre for a Tuesday evening performance of Equus. Actors in street clothes pace and leap across the stage. In the centre of all the activity stands Daniel Radcliffe, wearing jeans and a No. 10 Eli Manning New York Giants jersey. [more...] Source:  Chronicle Journal, Ontario, Canada

Revised Harry Potter encyclopaedia to go on sale A new version of the Harry Potter encyclopaedia which brought multi-millionaire author JK Rowling to the verge of tears will go on sale in the UK later this month. Steve Vander Ark said he spent five or six months working on the new version, which he said meets specifications laid out in the ruling by the judge. [more...] Source:  Metro, UK

Robert Pattinson loses it over Heath Ledger 'joke' Twilight star Robert Pattinson reportedly blew his top at a comedy club in Los Angeles, when a funnyman performed a routine about Heath Ledger. An unnamed act at the Improv in Hollywood shocked the audience with his impersonation of the late Dark Knight star, which included collapsing onstage and faking convulsions. [more...] Source:  Post Chronicle, UK

Robert Pattinson had painful problem with Twilight contacts Robert Pattinson has revealed that the topaz contact lenses he wore during filming of Twilight made it hard for him to express any emotion when he was acting. "Wearing coloured contact lenses... It was like I constantly had sand in my eyes. I was wearing them for three months constantly and my eyes never ever accepted them!" [more...] Source:  Digital Spy

Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo hits Xbox Live In celebration of the new year, developer Pandemic has released an Xbox 360 demo of its upcoming battleground game, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Released on PlayStation 3 last week, the 1GB demo allows players to pick a side, hop online and fight in 16-person battles for the future of Middle-earth. [more...] Source:  Shack News

The Hobbit and Twilight make Cinematical's Hottest of 2008 list What do you do when your geek base demands a prequel to one of their biggest fantasy trilogies, and that it be done right? You hire Guillermo bleepin' del Toro. Few can claim a supporting role in the Harry Potter series and then go on to open their own franchise wide and loud. [more...] Source:  Wizard News Blog

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Dan Radcliffe wants to be in a musical next Equus star Daniel Radcliffe has told producer Candia Fisher that he would like his next stage performance to be an all-singing affair. Radcliffe scored big at the annual Gypsy of the Year event this year performing an original song, written by Radcliffe himself, entitled "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Neigh" that included Dan dancing with the show's "horses." [more...] Source:  Broadway World

6 New Images From Harry Potter 6 Just in time for the New Year, Screen Rant has some nice new pictures for you from the upcoming and eagerly-awaited Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. So, for the fans who are still disappointed about having to wait all the way until next July to get your Harry Potter fix, hopefully these beautiful images will cheer you up [more...] Source:  Screen Rant

C'mon Hollywood, don't give up on fantasy films too soon! Disney's announcement that they were dropping the Narnia films signaled an end to Hollywood's recent fantasy film craze. However, they need to be careful before casting them off to the side for too long. And now that studios have started to back off, I want to make sure they don't forget about the fantasy genre. [more...] Source:  JoBlo.com

British schoolboy Robert Pattinson Hollywood's hot new star Five years ago, Robert Pattinson was a schoolboy in his local amateur dramatic society in South-East London. Now, the film's success has made the 22-year-old £5million richer and has propelled him into superstardom. Even so, he remains every inch the boy next door. And he only applied for drama school at 15 hoping to meet pretty girls. [more...] Source:  Sunday Mercury

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